CONFISCATED. The confiscated firearms and ammunition from the security personnel of two political rivals in General Tinio, Nueva Ecija who got involved in a shooting incident Saturday night (May 7, 2022). A total of 24 security personnel of both political foes were arrested. (Photo by PRO-3) CABANATUAN CITY, Nueva Ecija - Twenty-four people, five of them wounded, were arrested in an alleged encounter between the security forces of reelectionist Mayor Isidro Pajarillaga and his rival, former Mayor Virgilio Bote, in Purok Gulod in Barangay Concepcion, Gen. Tinio town in this province at about 11:30 p.m. Saturday. The names of the suspects were not immediately disclosed. In a report to the provincial headquarters, town police chief Capt. Ronan James Eblahan said five of the arrested persons who got wounded were civilian security personnel of Bote while the 19 belong to Pajarillaga. Eblahan said police forces were conducting checkpoints when they received information about the shooting inc
Published February 21, 2021, 4:37 PM
LUPAO, Nueva Ecija – Two suspected drug personalities were killed in a buy-bust operation in Barangay Parista before dawn here Saturday.
Town police chief Police Capt. Ronan James Eblahan identified one of the suspects as Jeffrey Sumang of Barangay Bangad, Cabanatuan City. The identity of the second suspect remains unknown as of posting time.
Police said the suspects drew their guns and opened fire when they sensed that they were dealing with a police poseur-buyer. They missed and backup lawmen returned fire, killing the suspects on the spot.
Police Scene-of-the-Crime Operatives (SOCO) recovered two caliber .38 revolvers, one plastic sachet of suspected shabu, four fired cartridge cases for caliber 9mm, one unregistered motorcycle, and P500 marked money from the crime scene.